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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2022
Applicant:
Rivian Ip Holdings, Llc, Plymouth, MI (US);
Inventors:
Graham Lloyd Feltham, Irvine, CA (US);
Jake DeBoer, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Assignee:
Rivian IP Holdings, LLC, Plymouth, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60H 1/00 (2006.01); B60N 2/00 (2006.01); B60N 2/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60H 1/00499 (2019.05); B60H 1/00285 (2013.01); B60H 1/00742 (2013.01); B60N 2/003 (2023.08); B60N 2/56 (2013.01); B60N 2210/24 (2023.08); B60N 2210/30 (2023.08); B60N 2210/40 (2023.08); B60N 2230/20 (2023.08); B60N 2230/30 (2023.08);
Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for determining, by processing circuitry, a vehicle occupant has left a seat of a vehicle (or the seat is unoccupied), and in response to determining the vehicle occupant has left the seat (or the seat is unoccupied), causing a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system of the vehicle to thermally store energy in the seat.